occupying obvious space of honor in the middle of the hall the flags is a burst of percival proctor baxter. he was honored here for more than public service but for the extremely generous gift to maine. after his public life in 1939 to until death in 1816 he purchased using his own money he purchased about 200,000 acres of land which we then gave to the state of maine. that land now comprises a state park appropriately named his honor called baxter state park. according to his wishes there is hunting allowed in only about 25% of the park. he intended it as a wild life refuge. this is a portrait of a grand lady from maine named marpgt j. smith. . she had the distinction of having been the first woman in this country ever to have been elected to both houses of the united states congress in 1940 she was elected to the u.s. house of represent he was. she served there until 1948 when she was elected to the united states senate. there by becoming the first woman to accomplish that featp when she was elected to the senate? 1948 she became the first woman elected to the senate as well. she had the